AWS Technology
Basic API Flow
End User, Security Group (JWT etc), to the Front End application, Proxy (nginx), to the API Gateway where policies are applied (Security, Throttling), to the A…
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AWS TechnologyAWS Organizations – overview
AWS offers a means to organisation the usage of the platform, and to manage multiple accounts within a single organisation. None of this is that straightforwar…
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AWS TechnologyAWS Fargate – introduction to managed containers
How Does Fargate Work? Fargate allows you to deploy containers without setting up or managing the infrastructure that will host them. You tell Fargate which co…
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AWS TechnologyAWS API Gateway, Lambda, SNS
AWS API Gateway is extremely powerful and easy to deploy. You don’t have to manage any infrastructure (i.e. no purchasing, scaling, patching), the gateway is c…
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AWS TechnologyAWS Cloudformation Basics
AWS CloudFormation is an infrastructure-as-code tool that defines resources and their configurations in a standardized template — either a JavaScript Obj…
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AWS NewsAWS Mainframe Migration Service
https://aws.amazon.com/mainframe/ AWS announced the general availability of AWS Mainframe Modernization, a new service that makes it faster and easier for cust…
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Application TransformationAPI Gateways vs a monolithic Service Bus
APIs provide the standardized contract that was missing from the SOAP environment. SOAP messaging and related protocols were used in the monolithic Service Bus…
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Cloud Design GoalsDisaster Recovery Patterns in AWS
There are four levels of DR protection in AWS. DR patterns: From least costly and complex to most. 1-Backup and restore. Admins typically choose this option fo…
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Application TransformationK8s and Docker – use cases and differences
Both Kubernetes and Docker are used to deploy and manage containers. Often Docker Containers run applications within Kubernetes (K8s) node clusters. Usually th…
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Dev, Test, OptimisationTesting deployment of Applications in the Cloud (SAST, DAST)
Here are five areas where teams can add automated security checks into development pipelines. 1. Code quality (SAST) Perhaps the control that springs to mind f…
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MicroservicesMule SAPI migration to Kong – conceptual overview
Use Case: Migrate System APIs or SAPIs from Mule to Kong Gateway. Models: There are 2 basic deployment models when using an API gateway and SAPIs. 1-Gateway + …
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Cloud Design GoalsSide Car Pattern for Containers
A common Cloud pattern especially with a container deployment model, is to use a side car in which we deploy components of an application into a separate proce…
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